Yes, at least in the PC version there is indeed a load/save function. They are a bit hidden but I think they were CTRL+something. You always begin from the start of a level.
Where Nokia still has a kick-ass advantage are the cheap dumbphones sold to poorer countries. That's certainly a one cornerstone the company relies on.
"I run the industry-standard Photoshop on Windows, what are your tools of trade?"
"Ah, I run GIMP on Ubuntu. They inadvertedly souped up a new version with great features. With Precise Pangolin coming just out of door, it's gonna be awesome!"
What has also amazed me that something as modern as the original Rollercoaster Tycoon is programmed using assembly (with some higher level DirectX glue). Would be interesting to see the source.
If someone hasn't heard about it yet, the source code for the Apple II version of the original Prince of Persia has been found in Jordan Mechner's spring cleaning. Before someone spouts "sure, and my uncle is Bill Gates", check out the website. Enjoy.
Being an Ikea man myself, I completely agree with your post, but just that sentence needs a bit tuning. They have Apple-like quality, but instead of making expensive elite products, their target is to bring quality wares for everyone. I don't actually know if there is a computer-world analogy?
Let me be the first to say that this version smorgasbord actually looks sane. One Joe Sixpack edition, one enterprise edition, and the ARM variety. I still don't like Metro, but regarding this part we're all good.
I never understood why when things were getting nice and stable both KDE and GNOME would suddenly shitcan all that work. i mean what was wrong with them? They both looked nice, ran fine, were low resource, so what was wrong with what they had? Could they just not live without an assload of bling like OSX and Windows has gotten?
That is soooooo true. Imagine if all the resources would have been put to polishing KDE3 and GNOME2 instead. We might not have the latest whizbang innovation UI, but a good solid, basic desktop. That's exactly what Linux needs, not another broken mess. And those two both have Compiz support so you get some eye-candy spices too.
BTW for those that prefer the KDE way of doing things Vector Linux has a "KDE Classic" edition based on 3.5.10 that is nice.
And there's, of course, the Trinity Desktop, which is a similar project to MATE, but it bases on KDE3.
MATE just seems to be another phone desktop being forced onto a PC. I installed Linux Mint 12 last weekend and MATE was almost a deal breaker. Fortunately I discovered I could easily switch to Gnome Classic.
Unfortunately I have lately seen comments being modded down with no apparent reason. There's a bit of some kind of vandal modding going on around here. I hope it's a passing fad though.
The situation has become so bad that even the pirate party has sites where half the links won't work, where the only way to make a donation is Paypal (even though most potential donators are local, and could use an IBAN bank account number).
Hey, at least you don't have to enter your personal PIN identification number at an automated ATM teller machine.
You hit the nail in the head. Using HTML to make dynamic content and "apps" is actually a really ugly and slow hack. We should have some dedicated protocol for online apps to deliver those programs with real widgets, etc. via network.
Do you already have some ideas about what you plan to do with the R-Pi? Aside the teaching programming part, it should be a wonderful platform for all sorts of embedded projects.
But can someone point out what exactly are the codecs that they have enabled. I remember seeing the Pi tech specs PDF and I remember it saying that there was 2 codecs enabled of the Broadcom chip.
I've been dreaming about the possibility of connecting a beefy external GPU to a laptop and running things like Folding@Home on it. Why not other GPGPU stuff and games, too.
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Yes, at least in the PC version there is indeed a load/save function. They are a bit hidden but I think they were CTRL+something. You always begin from the start of a level.
Where Nokia still has a kick-ass advantage are the cheap dumbphones sold to poorer countries. That's certainly a one cornerstone the company relies on.
"I run the industry-standard Photoshop on Windows, what are your tools of trade?"
"Ah, I run GIMP on Ubuntu. They inadvertedly souped up a new version with great features. With Precise Pangolin coming just out of door, it's gonna be awesome!"
"Umm, cool..."
You can modify your savegame in a hex editor and increase the time.
What has also amazed me that something as modern as the original Rollercoaster Tycoon is programmed using assembly (with some higher level DirectX glue). Would be interesting to see the source.
Well played!
You mean if Venus mistook the pilot for another planet?
In Soviet Russia that scenario could be completely feasible.
If someone hasn't heard about it yet, the source code for the Apple II version of the original Prince of Persia has been found in Jordan Mechner's spring cleaning. Before someone spouts "sure, and my uncle is Bill Gates", check out the website. Enjoy.
They're the Apple of furniture.
Being an Ikea man myself, I completely agree with your post, but just that sentence needs a bit tuning. They have Apple-like quality, but instead of making expensive elite products, their target is to bring quality wares for everyone. I don't actually know if there is a computer-world analogy?
Let me be the first to say that this version smorgasbord actually looks sane. One Joe Sixpack edition, one enterprise edition, and the ARM variety. I still don't like Metro, but regarding this part we're all good.
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I never understood why when things were getting nice and stable both KDE and GNOME would suddenly shitcan all that work. i mean what was wrong with them? They both looked nice, ran fine, were low resource, so what was wrong with what they had? Could they just not live without an assload of bling like OSX and Windows has gotten?
That is soooooo true. Imagine if all the resources would have been put to polishing KDE3 and GNOME2 instead. We might not have the latest whizbang innovation UI, but a good solid, basic desktop. That's exactly what Linux needs, not another broken mess. And those two both have Compiz support so you get some eye-candy spices too.
BTW for those that prefer the KDE way of doing things Vector Linux has a "KDE Classic" edition based on 3.5.10 that is nice.
And there's, of course, the Trinity Desktop, which is a similar project to MATE, but it bases on KDE3.
MATE just seems to be another phone desktop being forced onto a PC. I installed Linux Mint 12 last weekend and MATE was almost a deal breaker. Fortunately I discovered I could easily switch to Gnome Classic.
Cool story, bro!
He's a subscriber, and those can see the published articles earlier than others.
You can run Qt programs in GNOME and Xfce, and you can just as easily run GTK+ programs in KDE.
I was recently surprised how well this actually works. The widgets are quite nicely adjusted to match the look of the DE in use.
ActiveX... *facepalm*
Why was this modded down?
Unfortunately I have lately seen comments being modded down with no apparent reason. There's a bit of some kind of vandal modding going on around here. I hope it's a passing fad though.
Imagine a mobile intel 386 chip in a phone.
As a sidenote and a bit of trivia, according to Wikipedia the 950 and 957 BlackBerries had a 386 chip. :)
The situation has become so bad that even the pirate party has sites where half the links won't work, where the only way to make a donation is Paypal (even though most potential donators are local, and could use an IBAN bank account number).
Hey, at least you don't have to enter your personal PIN identification number at an automated ATM teller machine.
You hit the nail in the head. Using HTML to make dynamic content and "apps" is actually a really ugly and slow hack. We should have some dedicated protocol for online apps to deliver those programs with real widgets, etc. via network.
Do you already have some ideas about what you plan to do with the R-Pi? Aside the teaching programming part, it should be a wonderful platform for all sorts of embedded projects.
But can someone point out what exactly are the codecs that they have enabled. I remember seeing the Pi tech specs PDF and I remember it saying that there was 2 codecs enabled of the Broadcom chip.
What struck me odd was that even the IPW2200 chips have no more official Windows 7 support. Well, the Vista driver works.
Something like this is already in Finland.
I've been dreaming about the possibility of connecting a beefy external GPU to a laptop and running things like Folding@Home on it. Why not other GPGPU stuff and games, too.